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Topping out.

Following the groundbreaking celebration just one year ago, construction at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center reached an exciting milestone on Nov. 16, 2017, as the final structural steel column was placed. After decades of planning, a new hospital is just two years away.

Overall, there are 3,580 pieces of steel used to create the framework for the new hospital, which weigh nearly 4 million pounds in total.

To celebrate, Sharp Chula Vista and Sharp HealthCare Foundation held a topping out ceremony where executives, doctors, employees, community members and donors had the chance to leave their mark and sign the beam before it was placed at the top of the tower's frame.

View photos from the topping out and groundbreaking ceremonies below. For copies of photos, please contact
Jeanna Vazquez.

Celebrations for the New Hospital at Sharp Chula Vista

Members of the Sharp HealthCare and design-build (Hensel Phelps Construction, AVRP Skyport and SmithGroupJJR) teams, volunteers, donors and community leaders at the topping out ceremony on Nov. 16, 2017.

Employees sign the final beam at Sharp Chula Vista's topping out ceremony on Nov. 16, 2017.

Employees sign the final beam at Sharp Chula Vista's topping out ceremony on Nov. 16, 2017.

Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center CEO Pablo Velez signs the final beam of the new hospital on Nov. 16, 2017.

Signing the final beam at Sharp Chula Vista's topping out ceremony on Nov. 16, 2017.

Executives, physicians, volunteers, donors, community leaders and government officials celebrate the groundbreaking of the new hospital at Sharp Chula Vista.

Sharp Chula Vista broke ground on a next-generation hospital on November 10, 2016.

Sharp Chula Vista broke ground on a next-generation hospital on November 10, 2016.

Members of Hensel Phelps Construction team and Sharp HealthCare executives.

Physicians celebrate the groundbreaking of the new hospital at Sharp Chula Vista.

Hospital CEO Dr. Pablo Velez and Dr. Ken Roth with community donor celebrate the groundbreaking of the new hospital at Sharp Chula Vista.

Dr. Walter Olsen, Dr. Ben Hourani and Hospital CEO Dr. Pablo Velez.

Event attendees wrote their aspirations for the new hospital tower on river rocks. These rocks will be included in the final stages of construction for the new tower's foundation.

Hedges adorned with photos of the hospital's 70-year history in the South Bay.

Hedges adorned with photos of the hospital’s 70-year history in the South Bay.

Nurses from Sharp Chula Vista celebrate the groundbreaking of the new hospital at Sharp Chula Vista.